英语人教版八年级下册Unit 4Why don’t you talk to

Unit 4 Why dont you talk to your parents?教学目标1.语言目标：学习谈论问题和困难、提出建议相关词汇，及如何根据问题提出相应建议。 2.技能目标：能听懂谈论提出问题及给予建议的对话材料；能根据对方所提出的问题，给出一些合理的建议。3.情感目标：培养学生良好的合作意识，鼓励学生大胆表达自己的想法和意愿。正确认识生活中的一些困难，能采用正确的方式解决生活中的问题。教学重点短语:allow sb.to do sth.,work out,get on with,argue with,communicate with,compete with,cut out,compare with句子:1. Why dont you talk to your parents?2.My parents dont allow me to hang out with my friends.3.You should call him so that you can say youre sorry.4.I cant get on with my family.5.Why dont you sit down and communicate with your brother?6.My parents give me a lot of pressure about school.7.However,the tired children dont get home until after 7:00 p.m.8.Doctors say too much pressure is not good for a childs development.教学难点1.掌握Why not句型。 2.学习until,so that,anthough的用法。第一课时 Section A (1a-2b)Step 1 Warming up1. Lead-inT: Whats the matter?/ Whats wrong? S: He has too much homework to do. T: Does he like to do it?S1:No, he doesnt. Because he doesnt have any free time to do things he likes. Step 2 Talking1. Look at these problems. Do you think they are serious or not? Ss discuss with their partners and give some advice. I have to study too much, so I dont get enough sleep. I have too much homework, so I dont have any free time to do things I like. My parents dont allow me to hang out with my friends. I have too many after-school classes. I got into a fight with my best friend.Step 3 Listening 1.T: Tell Ss to read the sentences in 1a again. Make sure they know the meaning of the sentences. 2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and circle the problems you hear in 1a. 3. Play the recording again. Check the answers with the Ss. Step 4 Pairwork 1. Let Ss read the conversation in the box. 2. Use the information in 1a to make other conversations. 3. Let some pairs act out their conversations. e.g. A: Whats wrong? B: Im really tired because I studied until midnight last night. A: Why dont you go to sleep earlier this evening? Step 5 Language points 1.allow v. 允许；准许allow sb. (not) to do sth. (不)允许某人做某事e.g. My parents dont allow me to stay up late. 我父母不允许我熬夜。 Mr. Smith allowed Mike to drive there. 史密斯先生允许迈克开车去那里。2.wrong adj. 错误的；不对的 = not righte.g. Some words on the advertisement are wrong. 广告上的一些字错了。Step 6 Listening Work on 2a: T: Peter has some problems. What advice does his friend give him? Fill in the blanks with could or should. 1. Let Ss read the sentences in 2a. 2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and write the words in the blank. 3. Play the recording again to check the answers. Work on 2b: 1. Let Ss read the sentences below. Explain some main sentences for the Ss. Make sure they know the meaning of each sentence. 2. Play the recording for the Ss to write the letters (a-e) next to the advice in 2a. 3. Play the recording again to check the answers. Keys: 1. d 2. e 3. a 4. c 5. b 4.Listen again. Fill in the blanks. Boy 2 had a _ with his best friend. He could _ him a letter. But he isnt good at writing letters. He _ call him _, but he doesnt want to talk about it on the _. He _ talk to him so that he can say hes sorry but its not _. He _go to his house but he doesnt want to _ him. He could take him to the _, but he doesnt want to wait that long. Step 7 Pairwork 1. Tell Ss to make a conversation using the information in 2a and 2b. 2. Let one pair to read out their conversation first. 3. e.g. A: Whats the matter, Peter? B: I had a fight with my best friend. What should I do? A: Well, you should call him so that you can say youre sorry. B: But I dont want to talk about it on the phone. 4. Ss act the conversation in pairs. Ask some pairs to act out their conversations. Step 9 Role-play 1. Ss read the conversations and try to understand the meaning. 2. Read the conversation after the teacher. 3.Practice the conversation with their partner. Then let some pairs to act out the conversation. 4. Explain some new words and main points in the conversation. (1) guess e.g. Let us guess the height of the building. 让我们来猜一下这个建筑物的高度。 (2) big deal big deal是英语中的一个固定搭配，表示 “重要的事情或状况”，多用于非正式交流。作否定用法时，常说Its not a big deal或Its no big deal.表示说话人并不认为某事有什么了不起。e.g. Theres a soccer game on TV this evening but I dont have to watch it. Its no big deal. 今天晚上电视上有一场足球赛，但我不一定要看。没什么大不了的。 Its a big deal, David, bigger than you know. 这事挺重要的，戴维，比你所知道的要重要。Whats the big deal? Its only a birthday, not the end of the world. 有什么了不起的？这不过是个生日，又不是世界某日。(3) work out work out 解决（问题）；算出e.g. Mike worked out the difficult problem by himself. 迈克自己算出了那道难题。 Is it possible to work out the problem? 有可能解决这个问题吗？Step 10 Exercises根据句意及首字母或汉语提示写单词。1.What should I do? You c_ write him a letter.2.Whats w_ with her? She has a toothache.3.I had a big f_ with my brother yesterday evening.4.His words _(使惊讶)m